Signed up for a magazine

I subscribed to http://www.insidecrochet.co.uk/ last year, it was a little disapointing but not hugely, so I have rescubscribed this year - although I swear Im missing an issue...

Ive now also signed up for this - http://www.theartofcrochet.com/ now this has potential to be darn expensive - if you read the small print - as it basically says each month they will send you 4 things at 2.99 each, however, with that much coming out Im hoping for some more stitch insight.

Yes, I am looking forward to the free gifts! I bet they are a bit small for some of the things I do, as even the simple one Im doing right now was over 20 balls of wool on the go, but much as I could probably make most of their throw blanket without the tutorials (not wishing to blow my own trumpet) I hope to pick up some new stitches and ideas, and I hope from the ads I saw that the cover more than just standard crochet, but also do fillet and tunisian crochet plus, I can show off some of the things Ive made on their website - this kinda appeals to me as I have a backlog of blankets planned for the coming year - Ive already warned my wool supplier that I want a new colour card as the last ones out of date and I intend to be ordering a LOT of wool. Last order was 1500 balls of wool, this is gonna be more - especially as I no longer have a husband to whine about how much wool I have (Although if he could kindly get his stuff out my "Wool" room I would appreciate it..)

The missing blanket

I mentioned a blanket I made for a christmas pressie but forgot to post a pic..

So, here you go!

Jonathans Blanket

OK, my deepest apologies for not posting the daily pics much over christmas. I did take them, so here they are

There, the last one is as it was this morning .. sorry again

New blanket - Day 1

So, I didnt announce whos blanket this was, but someone has correctly guessed by my hint that its a difficult colour to work with.

In short, black is a cow to work with en mas. Hence, I chose with this to do 5x5 blocks so I can keep track and not lose stitches, it also gives it a bit of texture which is fun, helps with counting too..

As you can see, Ive done around 15 rows there, so not much to see yet. This was the state at the end of 22nd Dec, (or first thing before starting 23rd)

Davids Blanket - COMPLETED!

I finished the crochet yesterday but sewed the ends and put the border (its just a securer layer of crochet round the edge) today. But, it is indeed complete!

Davids Blanket - Day 9

This is what the blanket looked like this morning

Davids Blanket - Day 7 + Day 8

Ok, Im sorry, Im such a slacker at posting these WIP pics up.

Day 7

Day 8

This sees some eyes!

Davids Blanket - Day 5 + Day 6!!

Above is Day 5

Below is Day 6

I forgot to post the pic for day 5 yesterday so hence have done it today.

Davids Blanket - Day 4

Ok so this should have been posted this morning - I did at least take the picture then..

I confess I didnt make the progress today I hoped, but, hey, I still progressed some. Im technically over half way now.

Davids Blanket - Day 3

Day 3, sees the end of the feet! Go me.

No class tonight, so I wonder how far I can get today?

Davids Blanket - Day 2

So, day 2, this is the result, not bad huh, as you can see, Im near the top of the feet!

Davids Blanket

So, Ive been quiet, actually I've made a blanket, I was just keeping pictures of it quiet as I dont want to show it in case the person whos presant it is sees it - would spoil the fun.

So, Ive started another new blanket now, and this one is for a friend called David. Who likes penguins, so, Im going to be making a "tux" penguin. Tux actually the linux penguin, but hes cute, and hes a penguin and he was easy to convert into a crochet pattern and it should look rather nice.

So, here it is after a day!

Not bad for a day huh ? in case you are confused, that would be his feet and bum.